Who is Sam Harris?

Answer 1

Sam Harris is an author of some very interesting books. He has a philosophy degree from Stanford University and has studied religious traditions of the East and West for over twenty years. He has a PhD in Neuroscience. He is a clear thinking individual regarding religion in the modern world and the commonality between fiercely dominant religious groups in the Middle East and the more seemingly benign organized religions of the West. That commonality is the need to suspend reason and logic by the adoption of religious belief.

He rallies against the intrusion of religion into world politics and the increasing problem of that intrusion in the West, especially America. He teaches that the religious terrorists and more benign religious groups are separated by only a matter of degree since both are based on illogical assumptions and driven by human conjecture, desires and the need for power. He highlights the dangers and absurdities of all organized religion and would support the removal of religion from the planet.

Every thinking person with an open mind who seeks to understand the world and its problems should read his first book, The End of Faith. Then, read the rest.

Books:

The End of Faith

Letter to a Christian Nation

The Moral Landscape